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Addfwyn @ Addfwyn @lemmy.ml Posts 0Comments 113Joined 2 yr. ago
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I have never really liked talking on the phone, even before the advent of cell phones. The fact that it seems to be fading more and more as a common communication tool is something I am honestly pretty happy about. Sure it means I have like 4 messaging apps on my phone, but I don't really mind. Even work is all text via Teams.
It has probably been at least a year since I have made/received an actual audio call on my phone.
Your spouse actually calls you? I just use Line with my partner.
Can you be more specific as to what you mean? Considering Beijing has a LGBTQ Center, that's not strictly true.
I mean, there are medical centers that specialize in sexual resassignment surgery.
Rights can definitely be better, but I don't see it as being accepting of LGBTQ rights is banned.
I have been thinking about a new MBA for a while now, my laptop is secondary (I still have an Intel iMac as my main desktop) but my current one is a...2015 12 inch Macbook, so I could use the upgrade. It would actually be my first Apple Silicon machine.
However, my country's currency is really struggling right now, so I have to pay functionally $2000 USD for one of the baseline 15 inch models, which is a lot.
Most MOBAs are pretty notoriously bad, though Heroes of Newerth was definitely the worst one of those i had played.
Anecdotally, my personal worst experience was with FFXIV, which was probably exacerbated by how much praise that community gets otherwise. The Novice Network system they have is a mess, new players are put into a channel with a bunch of "mentors" that don't really want to help anyone, at least on the server I was on. They either wanted a global chat channel for their own use, or just wanted the cosmetic rewards mentors had on offer. I remember one actively trying to get new players to quit if he found out they had come from WoW. The channel is entirely self-moderated, and mentors would kick people out just for fun. It's an AWFUL first impression for newer players.
One thing WoW definitely does better with their Guide channel is giving literally no tangible rewards to guides, if somebody is opting into being a Guide it is only because they want to help new players, they get nothing else for it.
Out of curiosity, are you referring to that black and white photo of the "bodies" that gets passed around a lot? The one that is actually just a bunch of bicycles?
If you need an eyewitness account from a non-Chinese source, by all means: https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/89BEIJING18828_a.html Some beatings, which obviously criticism could be levied at, by otherwise unarmed riot police, but not much more than that.
There were protests, undeniable. Initially there were peaceful protests from people who had reservations about Deng's policies, that the CPC openly engaged with. Li Peng met with these protestors in April. However, the CIA saw the opportunity to forment an uprising and so pushed several student "leaders" into more aggressive actions. "Leaders" who expressed motivations such as wanting China to be controlled by the West.
Even western sources at the time, including ones such as the NYT and Reuters, said that there wasn't much happening. In the Square itself, there were no casulities. In the entirety of Beijing there were casulties among the PLA, police, and protestors alike. PLA soldiers were unarmed until they were attacked by protestors.
In the square itself the tank (which was leaving the square, not entering) stopped for the infamous tank man, who then...walked away unharmed. Do you think that would happen in many other countries? Considering we see US police charging full speed through protestors, I certainly don't.
One can only hope that without the “cloudy” connection the thing will continue to function on a “dumb” level.
I actually like smart products, but this is a requirement for me. It needs to be a functional "dumb" product if internet connections/servers fail, I usually won't buy anything I can't verify that for (or will return it if I find out that is not the case when I test it). I never want to be stuck in a situation where I can't turn my house lights on because the router went down, or the blinds become inoperable.
Smart features should always be on top of basic functionality, they shouldn't be a requirement just to remove a couple physical buttons.
Things I use it for with almost 100% accuracy: Timers, Alarms, Lights, Pausing/Playing TV.
Things I use it for with like 70% accuracy: Weather and anything interfacing with maps. To be entirely fair to it though, I live in a non-English speaking country and use voice assistants in English usually, so city/place names REALLY throw it. If I change the voice assistant to my local language and use it, it works a lot better.
I have honestly never tried setting a reminder because my brain is still rooted in early voice control tech where something like that would never conceivably work.
Most social media.
I used to use reddit, I have moved all my presence over here. That's about it.
I have a FB Messenger account because that is how a lot of my family keeps in touch with me, and I have this. I had a proper FB account back when I was in uni and Facebook was still only for uni students, but I think I dropped it shortly after that.
It's not some grand principled stance, I just don't get most of them because I am apparently an old man. Like Instagram, why do I want to share pictures with just random people? How am I networking with anybody by doing so? I honestly don't get why it is so popular.
Kind of similar situation, I am [sole] IT for a 24/7 business so I am never fully off-duty. Getting Teams notifications routed to my watch saves me from having to look at my phone as much as I otherwise probably would be. It actually reduces my overall phone time, which is a honestly a plus.
We do have a ticketing system, but execs like to ping me directly to look at the ticket they just submitted.
The health stuff on the Apple Watch is basically just for entertainment at this point. Which isn't to say it can't be useful, I definitely know people who have gotten more active because of the "gamification" of things like the activity rings.
If your watch reports say, a single atrial fibrillation event in any otherwise healthy individual, it doesn't do a whole lot for you. Even if you bring that information to your doctor, they can't be expected to do much with it. They could strap some additional monitors on you, but if it is a very rare event there isn't much chance of it recurring when they are actively looking at it. In some cases, the anxiety caused by worrying about it can actually cause more issues than just not knowing.
I actually like my watch a lot, but more for just a notification device/convenient payment interface rather than a health tracker.
I have only very recently come around on that. When voice commands first came out, they were absolute garbage. I am still conditioned to never expect them to work, and am always pleasantly surprised when they do.
To be fair, I largely only use them for things like setting my alarm, because I still have an engrained expectation that they won't work otherwise.
I have always hated that advice. While exceptions exist, there is no faster way to burn yourself out on something you love than making a career out of it. I generally do like my work (IT) now, but a lot if that is because I actively try to not even look in the direction of a computer when I am not in the office. I probably consume less tech/IT industry news now than I did before I worked in the field.
I feel like if you feel like you need to cultivate a mindset for a particular activity, you are probably better off finding another activity. Unless you have extremely specific goals that really demand a particular exercise, it is better to simply be moderately active doing something you enjoy doing.
I've tried running/jogging, I am actually not bad at it. I freaking hate actually doing it though, I would rather be doing almost anything else. Which makes it a terrible exercise for me to do, because I will find any excuse to not do it. Same for lifting weights. I enjoy swimming but dislike public pools, in my current country nobody has private pools, even the rich.
For me I have always enjoyed martial arts, particularly sparring. I can't necessarily find people to do that with regularly where I live now, but I can still practice forms and the like by myself. I get a not insignificant workout from regular Beat Saber sessions too, honestly.
The pay isn't great (even in upper management, unless you are at corporate), but working in hospitality does have its advantages. It does make travel planning a lot easier.
I almost see it as the opposite.
AirBNB is fine if you are just looking for a place nearby tourist sites that you don't plan to spend much time at.
Hotels are great when you need the extra features, a concierge, laundry (I have never worked at a hotel that did not have laundry services and/or dry cleaning), restaurants, and the like.
Kitchen I could see being tricky, but if you need a kitchen I assume you might be doing more a long-term stay anyway, in which case a lot of hotels will have those options as well.
My hotel is a high-end dog friendly hotel, we don't require any additional cost for a guest bringing a room. Unless they order room service for their dog or something (yes, we have it).
We do need some additional paperwork, but nothing that most dog owners wouldn't already have on hand I think.
Since I work at one, I stay at hotels free (within my brand) so I can't say I have much experience with airbnb. I do feel they cater to very different markets though, I don't necessarily begrudge the existence of airbnb, even if they are kind of our competition.
OTAs on the other hand, can all get fucked.
long look at Assange